Holiday discounts for meaningful travel

Specialist travel company i-to-i, the world leader in meaningful travel, has announced it is reducing the price of all its trips by 12% for bookings made in March 2009 – lead-in prices start at £348 for a trip to Kenya.

The company, which is running the one-off promotion for any booking made in March, has a huge range of trips on offer, from one week to one year, which span the globe.

From lion care in South Africa, child care in Cambodia, ecology conservation in Kenya, to beach and forest conservation in Costa Rica, i-to-i breaks combine exciting destinations with trips that give something back to local communities.

See i-to-i.com for details.

Four sample trips:

1. Help Teach and Care for Children in Cambodia – was £595, now £523.60*, saving £71.40
This projects aims to broaden the horizons of underprivileged youngsters through education, mentoring and coaching in Phnom Penh’s many children’s homes. A TEFL certification is included in this project.

Three weeks, including: Shared room in a guesthouse, free online TEFL course, airport pickup and in-country orientation, pre-departure helpdesk, local in-country team and 24hr emergency support.

2. Ecology conservation in Kenya – was £395, now £348*, saving £47
A rare opportunity to get involved with crucial conservation work in a stunning environment where you’ll be living on the slopes of Mount Kenya helping preserve indigenous and exotic species of trees.

One week, including: Shared dormitory room in hostel, breakfast and dinner, airport pickup and in-country orientation, pre-departure helpdesk, local in-country team and 24hr emergency support.

3. Lion conservation in South Africa – was £995, now £875.60*, saving £119.40
A unique opportunity to help out at one of South Africa’s premier conservation projects. You’ll help care for lions, cheetahs and leopards as well as feeding the parks most precious inhabitants… young lion cubs.

Two weeks, including: accommodation in shared luxury tents at project and shared hostel, airport pickup and in-country orientation, pre-departure helpdesk, local in-country team and 24hr emergency support.

4. Costa Rica Beach and Forest Conservation – was £895, now £787.60*, saving £107.40
This project offers the exceptional opportunity to work on two unique ecology conservation projects in Costa Rica’s national parks. You will work side by side with Costa Ricans as you help to construct trails, develop education programmes. You will also work helping to maintain the overall beauty of the sandy coasts and luscious mountainous regions of Costa Rica through eco-tourism development and reforestation in Costa Rica’s national parks.

Four weeks including: shared accommodation in hostels, homestays and hostels (dependent on location), all meals, airport pickup, in-country orientation, pre-departure help desk, local in-country team and 24hour emergency support.

For more information, log on to i-to-i.com.

*Flights must be arranged separately for all projects